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Thermal air–sea coupling in hindcast simulations for the North Sea and Baltic Sea on the NW European shelf Cover

Thermal air–sea coupling in hindcast simulations for the North Sea and Baltic Sea on the NW European shelf

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Volume 67 (2015): Issue 1
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v67.26911 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
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Language: English
Page range: 26911 - 26911
Submitted on: Dec 8, 2014
Accepted on: Jun 8, 2015
Published on: Dec 1, 2015
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
air–sea interaction,
dynamical downscaling,
climate modelling

© 2015 Matthias Gröger, Christian Dieterich, Markus H. E. Meier, Semjon Schimanke, published by Stockholm University Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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